The 2016 edition of the World Poker Tour will kick off in the Philippines next year from the 2nd to the 11th of January, based at the popular Solaire Resort and Casino. It is the second year in a row that the venue has hosted the competition, which comprises of a huge WPT main event and a range of
The world’s most popular online poker site, PokerStars, will be soon making its long-awaited return to the US in early 2016. It will be establishing its online poker room in New Jersey and officially offering real money online poker to American customers again, most likely by next January of next year. Regulators in the state of New Jersey approved the
The company which owns online poker giants PokerStars and Full Tilt, Amaya, has recently released its figures for the third quarter of 2015 revealing both a notable drop in share prices and an increase in its control of the world online poker market. An estimated 71% of the global online poker market is now held by PokerStars
The new members of the World Series of Poker’s prestigious Hall of Fame have now been announced, with Jennifer Harman and John Juanda becoming the 49th and 50th individuals to be inducted. They will be presented with the honour in a special ceremony to be held ahead of the World Series of Poker Main Event in November. Harman and Juanda
The player accused of cheating in the $10,000 buy-in heads-up event at this year’s World Series Of Poker (WSOP) tournament series has been cleared of the allegations made against him and will now receive his prize money of $54,545. Valeriu Coca, from Moldova, placed fifth in June’s $10,000 heads-up no-limit event but was accused of marking cards by his competitors,